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Philip Morris International, Inc. is a holding company, which is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside the U.S. Its local cigarette brands include Sampoerna, Dji Sam Soe and U Mild in Indonesia; Fortune, Champion and Hope in the Philippines; Diana in Italy; Optima and Apollo-Soyuz in Russia; Morven Gold in Pakistan, Boston in Colombia; Belmont, Canadian Classics and Number 7 in Canada; Best and Classic in Serbia; f6 in Germany; Delicados in Mexico; Assos in Greece and Petra in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company operates its business through four segments: European Union; Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa; Asia and Latin America & Canada. The European Union segment covers all the Europe countries except for Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania, and also comprises Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, which are linked to the Europe through trade agreements. The Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa segment covers the Balkans, including Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa and international duty free business. The Asia segment covers all other Asian countries as well as Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. The Latin America & Canada segment covers the South American continent, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Canada. Philip Morris International was founded by Philip Morris in 1847 and is headquartered in New York, NY. More »

The European Central Bank launched an expanded asset purchase program of 60 billion euro a month that will last from March 2015 until September 2016. In aggregate, the ECB’s asset purchasing program will be over 1.1 trillion euro, the high end of analyst expectations. The euro/U.S. dollar exchange rate is at $1.1530 (down 0.73%) on the news read »

Investors in Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) saw new options become available today, for the February 27th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the PM options chain for the new February 27th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Investors in Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) saw new options become available today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the PM options chain for the new February 2015 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest.

Had a bad day at the office or been under the thumb from a demanding boss? Well, you’re probably not alone there. But as I reflected on this following Employee Appreciation Day in the US earlier this month on 6 March – a national holiday that recognizes the value that employees bring to the workplace – I pondered if better practices in this read »

The thrill of bidding and the thump of the gavel that auctions provide don’t necessarily have to be experienced in person—the world learned that from . But Berlin-based Auctionata, which offers those experiences via live webcast, are reinforcing that truth.

The company just announced a €42 million C round of funding (that’s about $45 read »

It seems reasonable to feel like women aren’t getting nearly their due when reports show that only about a quarter of computing jobs are held by women today. Even worse, that’s down from a year ago, when it was more than a third. And several media sources reported heavy disappointment when the jury voted in favor of Kleiner Perkins in Ellen read »

I’m in Europe this week and if there’s anything that will get your brain thinking about customer service it’s travel. From the experience of 12 hours of flying to the AirBNB we arrived in once settled in Prague to the many cafes we frequented, there’s a lot to be curious about. The big question I think about is what makes some people so good at read »

Many fear the creation of monopolies and oligopolies as the cable sector consolidates, but the deal-making frenzy may actually benefit consumers, similar to a frenzy of M&A activity in the wireless sector between 2012 and 2014. read »

Judging by the official unemployment rate, the American economy is getting rapidly back on track. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2015, meaning about 8.7 million people were officially unemployed. That rate has fallen dramatically from 10 percent immediately following the financial crisis and is now nearly on par with read »

With bold tax policies we could avoid “taxing” poor and middle-income individuals by cutting off vital programs, and we could shift the burden of two decades of unfunded wars and other reckless decisions from future generations to those who have benefited the most from our choices. read »